On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 11:46 PM, Geoff Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: > [ Inspired by recent developments in cryptocurrency, and noting SHA-1 as the > official hash function of the Secret Chamber of Agora. ]
Interesting. After reading this I wondered whether we should try a "real" poetry-in-rules competition, but for some reason this appeals to me in a way that does not. Maybe because after prolonged inactivity, pomp and ceremony feels stale to me - this, however, could be a low overhead thing to keep around for many months. > If a proposal adopted subsequent to the enactment of this rule has a Prosody > of X, then any author MAY announce that e is due the acclaim owed a Class X > Poet, provided no such announcement has yet been made in connection with > that particular proposal. A player who makes such an announcement under any > other circumstances commits the crime of Impersonating a Poet and the > announcement has no other effect, rules to the contrary notwithstanding. I suggest making it either pragmatic (announcement gets you stuff, lying is a crime, because verification is difficult) or platonic (correctly announcing gets you stuff, lying does nothing), but not both. No reason falsely claiming to perform an action should be illegal for only one type of action. It's not clear what happens if the announcement doesn't mention any proposal. Also, there is no restriction on making multiple announcements for one proposal. > When a player announces that e is due the acclaim owed a Class X Poet, e > gains X operators chosen at random according to their Frequencies. Chosen by whom?
